title: [Relationship between dietary behaviors and growth-development of 1-7 years old children from seven provinces in Chinese rural areas].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the status of dietary behaviors of 1-7 years old children and its relationship with growth-development in Chinese rural areas and to provide 13,692 1-7 years old scientific evidences for corresponding intervention.
  
  
  METHODS
  children from seven provinces in Chinese rural areas were randomly identified by multistage stratified cluster sampling. The ascertainment methods included face to face questionnaires and anthropometric measurements. Chi-square test and non-conditional logistic regression analysis were used to assess the relationship between dietary behaviors and growth-development.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the respondents, 53.1% occasionally/never drank milk/soymilk, 48.1% ate snacks almost everyday, 22.5% were picky eaters, 7.3% were breakfast-skippers, 1.9% couldn't dine on time. Multivariate nonconditional logistic regression analysis showed that occasionally/never have breakfast, occasionally/never drink milk or soymilk, occasionally/never eat snacks were associated with stunting. Occasionally/never have breakfast or eat snacks were associated with underweight. The five dietary behaviors were not associated with wasting, overweight and obesity in our study.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The incidence of children's poor dietary behaviors was relatively high in Chinese rural areas, which had a close association with children stunting and underweight.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
authors.forename: Huan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Miyang
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Zhihui
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jiayou
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Yanling
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China; D004032:Diet; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012424:Rural Population; D012494:Sampling Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires